Live food for dummies

[fish48]

I'd like to try the fruit flies too...I had a lot of mosquito larvae and at one point over the summer I was feeding them twice a day every day! And that was just from the one tub. I tried growing out baby brine shrimp but the culture kept crashing after about 3-4 days, I'd like to keep trying at some point after a bit more research

flightless fruit flies are a great food I feed mine on banana and ready Brek , i also put into a freezer ready to be used at another time

 

[Colin_T]

Rotifers are another live food that you can culture in the same way as Daphnia. They come in a range of sizes and you can order rotifer cysts online. Then hatch them out in green water and a month later you have thousands of them.

 

[sharkweek178]

I'd like to try the fruit flies too...I had a lot of mosquito larvae and at one point over the summer I was feeding them twice a day every day! And that was just from the one tub. I tried growing out baby brine shrimp but the culture kept crashing after about 3-4 days, I'd like to keep trying at some point after a bit more research

I think I'll do two 5 gallon tanks for daphnia cultures. I hear they crash a lot so at least I'd have one going that I could use to restart the other.

 

[Colin_T]

I think I'll do two 5 gallon tanks for daphnia cultures. I hear they crash a lot so at least I'd have one going that I could use to restart the other.

The bigger the Daphnia cultures, the more stable they are. Anything less than 40-50 litres is unstable and more likely to crash. If you can use 200 litre plastic storage containers or bigger, they are much better.

 

[AlexT]

The bigger the Daphnia cultures, the more stable they are. Anything less than 40-50 litres is unstable and more likely to crash. If you can use 200 litre plastic storage containers or bigger, they are much better.

Interesting thanks Colin @rebe

 

[sharkweek178]

The bigger the Daphnia cultures, the more stable they are. Anything less than 40-50 litres is unstable and more likely to crash. If you can use 200 litre plastic storage containers or bigger, they are much better.

Good to know. I have space considerations though

 

[rebe]

Interesting thanks Colin @rebe

I've also heard of people keeping multiple smaller tanks as well, multiple backups so to speak

 

[Colin_T]

Good to know. I have space considerations though

200 litre plastic wheelie bin. They are about 24 inches square x 4 feet high.

 

[AlexT]

Anyone ever tried this @rebe

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

Anyone ever tried this @rebe

Where do you buy that?

 

[rebe]

Where do you buy that?

GreenWaterFarm culture and breeding betta, killifish and, live food for fish.

Research and manufactures many types of live food for fish. We culture betta and killifish.

greenwaterfarmthailand.com

 

[AlexT]

Hello @Colin_T was it you that mentioned "rotifers"? Are they a good alternative to Daphnia? I'm looking into things that would fit into my small Bentosi Tetra mouths!

And @CaptainBarnicles are you planning to start a live fish food farm up there? If so, can I get on the mailing list?

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

Hello @Colin_T was it you that mentioned "rotifers"? Are they a good alternative to Daphnia? I'm looking into things that would fit into my small Bentosi Tetra mouths!

And @CaptainBarnicles are you planning to start a live fish food farm up there? If so, can I get on the mailing list?

I'm not planning on it just trying out the live foods as it's something I'm pretty new to. The mozzies did well over the summer, my rainbows enjoyed them immensely! I noticed a huge change in them from colour and behaviour to general health and wellbeing. I really like the idea of fresh, live foods. I really wanted to grow out brine shrimp but I just can't seem to get it right...so that's going to go on the back burner for a bit....I'm still waiting for these grindal worms to show up, I'm hoping they'll do well. Daphnia cysts don't seem to be a thing here in the UK, we have to import them in...but I wonder if I'll be able to get those going too...a continuous source of live food sounds pretty good to me!

 

[AlexT]

I'm not planning on it just trying out the live foods as it's something I'm pretty new to. The mozzies did well over the summer, my rainbows enjoyed them immensely! I noticed a huge change in them from colour and behaviour to general health and wellbeing. I really like the idea of fresh, live foods. I really wanted to grow out brine shrimp but I just can't seem to get it right...so that's going to go on the back burner for a bit....I'm still waiting for these grindal worms to show up, I'm hoping they'll do well. Daphnia cysts don't seem to be a thing here in the UK, we have to import them in...but I wonder if I'll be able to get those going too...a continuous source of live food sounds pretty good to me!

Me too! I've never tried raising live food before. I am sure between us, there must be one we can get right! I'm debating which one to start with as my first attempt

 

[Colin_T]

Hello @Colin_T was it you that mentioned "rotifers"? Are they a good alternative to Daphnia? I'm looking into things that would fit into my small Bentosi Tetra mouths!

Rotifers are good food and come in a range of sizes from tiny (a couple of micron) suitable for newly hatched labyrinth fry, to 1/2 inch. Most are small and make great food for small fish.